The American Film Institute (AFI) has created a list of what they consider the best movies ever made. That list is below. Write an essay arguing one of the following points:
1 Choose a film on the list and argue that AFI was wrong - it should not have been included.
2 Choose a film on the list and agree with AFI that it is indeed one of the greatest movies ever.
3 Choose a film that is not on the list and argue that AFI was wrong to leave it off.
Make sure that you follow the instructions for writing an essay.
2001
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The Lord of the
Rings
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1999
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The Sixth Sense
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1998
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Saving Private Ryan
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1997
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Titanic
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1996
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1995
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Toy Story
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1994
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Forrest Gump
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1994
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Pulp Fiction
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1994
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The Shawshank Redemption
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1993
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Schindler's List
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1992
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Unforgiven
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1991
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The Silence of the
Lambs
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1990
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Dances with Wolves
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1990
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Goodfellas
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1989
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Do the Right Thing
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1986
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Platoon
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1984
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Amadeus
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1982
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Blade Runner
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1982
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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1982
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Sophie's Choice
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1982
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Tootsie
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1981
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Raiders of the Lost
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1980
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Raging Bull
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1979
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Apocalypse Now
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1978
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The Deer Hunter
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1977
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Annie Hall
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1977
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Close Encounters of
the Third Kind
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1977
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Star Wars
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1976
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All the President's
Men
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1976
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Network
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1976
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Rocky
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1976
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Taxi Driver
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1975
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Jaws
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1975
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1975
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One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest
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1974
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1974
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The Godfather Part
II
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1973
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American Graffiti
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1972
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Cabaret
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1972
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The Godfather
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1971
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A Clockwork
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1971
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The French
Connection
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1971
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The Last Picture
Show
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1970
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MASH
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1970
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Patton
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1969
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Butch Cassidy &
the Sundance Kid
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1969
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Easy Rider
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1969
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Midnight Cowboy
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1969
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The Wild Bunch
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1968
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2001: A Space
Odyssey
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1967
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Bonnie and
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1967
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Guess Who's Coming
to Dinner
|
1967
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In the Heat of the
Night
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1967
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The Graduate
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1966
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Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?
|
1965
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Doctor Zhivago
|
1965
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The Sound of Music
|
1964
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Dr. Strangelove
|
1964
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My Fair Lady
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1962
|
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1962
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The Manchurian
Candidate
|
1962
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To Kill a
Mockingbird
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1961
|
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1960
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Psycho
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1960
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Spartacus
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1960
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The Apartment
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1959
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Ben-Hur
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1959
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North by Northwest
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1959
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Some Like It Hot
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1958
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Vertigo
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1957
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12 Angry Men
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1957
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The Bridge on the
River Kwai
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1956
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Giant
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1956
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The Searchers
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1955
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Rebel Without a Cause
|
1954
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On the Waterfront
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1954
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Rear Window
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1953
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From Here to
Eternity
|
1953
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Shane
|
1952
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High Noon
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1952
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Singin' in the Rain
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1951
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1951
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A Streetcar Named
Desire
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1951
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An American in
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1951
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The African Queen
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1950
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All About Eve
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1950
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Sunset Boulevard
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1949
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The Third Man
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1948
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Treasure of
the Sierra Madre
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1946
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It's a Wonderful Life
|
1946
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The Best Years of
Our Lives
|
1944
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Double Indemnity
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1942
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1942
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
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1941
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Citizen Kane
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1941
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Sullivan's Travels
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1941
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The Maltese Falcon
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1940
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Fantasia
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1940
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The Grapes of Wrath
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1940
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The
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1939
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Gone with the Wind
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1939
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Mr. Smith Goes to
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1939
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Stagecoach
|
1939
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The Wizard of Oz
|
1939
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1938
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Bringing Up Baby
|
1937
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Snow White and the 7
Dwarfs
|
1936
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Modern Times
|
1936
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Swing Time
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1935
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A Night at the Opera
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1935
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Mutiny on the Bounty
|
1934
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It Happened One
Night
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1933
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Duck Soup
|
1933
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King Kong
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1931
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City Lights
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1931
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Frankenstein
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1930
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All Quiet on the
Western Front
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1927
|
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1927
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The General
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1927
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The Jazz Singer
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1925
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The Gold Rush
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1916
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Intolerance
|
1915
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The Birth of a
Nation
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